Leadership

East or west? Ivy or public? Undergrad or grad? The debate over which type of school produces the most successful graduates is as old as the university system itself. PitchBook’s latest report on top universities compiles how many venture-capital-backed entrepreneurs, companies and dollars have been produced by major universities.

The result? Stanford was the top-producing undergraduate program while Harvard grad school students produced the most entrepreneurs.

“The people you went to university or graduate programs with remain a key component in your network,” says PitchBook in the new report. “Of course, it is important to note that the types and reputation of certain programs will also draw in the types of people that go on to launch startups, thus skewing trends to a certain degree… That is why we also provide a handy tally of shifts in rankings, as thereby it is easier to see just how much certain schools have crept up over the years.”